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There is a difference between being stylish and being fashionable. Generally, royal women fall into the first camp, since avoiding of-the-moment trends means risking looking out of date when said trends swing out of style again.

Occasionally, though, a royal comes along who champions fashion; the late Princesses Margaret and Diana were in that camp. On Wednesday, the Duchess of Sussex took another step towards establishing her place on that list by tapping into the biggest trend of spring/summer '19 ahead of the curve: the colour beige.

And we're not just talking a camel coat, or a pair of nude court shoes. This trend calls for top-to-toe beige-blocking, as seen on the catwalks at Burberry,...

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